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If I started all over again in photography and needed to do a little bit of everything, then I’d probably choose Nikon as my primary camera system if we chose from the big three. Currently, they’re in a state where they’re giving photographers pretty much everything that the want and need. And so I’ve been thinking about this idea more and more as time has gone on. For years, I’ve owned lots of Canon and Sony gear. But I haven’t wanted to dip deeply into Nikon — except for the Nikon Zf and the 40mm f2. Thankfully, making a switch isn’t as difficult as one would think.
If you’re already a Sony shooter, then you can switch over to Nikon very easily using adapters like those from Metabones. But you can also use adapters from companies like Metadep — which let you have full autofocus capabilites with Sony lenses. With lots of Sony E mount lenses around my office, I truly wanted to see if I’d be able to switch if I wanted to. I love using prime lenses — and I’ve got a lot available from Sony. However, for most of my recent work, I’ve been switching over to zoom lenses. All of my zooms are from Tamron simply because they’re affordable, pretty lightweight, reliable, and highly capable of doing the job while giving me image quality that I want. Lenses like those from Viltrox, which are also great, were considered by me too.
What I’ve been finding is that it’s very easy to have a Nikon camera system with loads of Sony lenses using an adapter. Lenses like the Sony 55mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8, and 35mm f1.8 all work just fine when adapted to the Nikon Zf. On top of that, the zoom lenses from Tamron also all work very effectively.
Essentially, with this super small adapter, you can adapt your entire Sony lens system to Nikon. At least, this is what you might want to do temporarily until you get the funding to move deeper and further into lenses available to Nikon Z mount.
This isn’t really possible with Canon as Canon goes after companies who tend to mess with their autofocus. We saw that a long time ago with Samyang. Sigma and Tamron have taken a different approach to this instead.
So why would you want to go for Nikon instead of Sony? Well, there are a few reasons:
- Autofocus in low light is much better
- The ergonomics of Nikon vs Sony
- The price point
- The build quality of the cameras
- You might like the image quality so much more
Eventually when you are ready, you’d also want to explore more of Nikon’s lenses. They tend to be a whole lot less technically boring. I mean, how can someone find the image quality of a lens to be beautiful when it’s just so plain? Do people find plain milk to be beautiful or do they mix something into it like chocolate powder instead?
On top of all of this, right now is one of the best times to switch camera systems because of how the second hand market is working. Full-frame second-hand cameras often go for cheaper than newer, APS-C cameras. At least to me, it just makes so much more sense.
